[X-Window]Running multiple servers

Last update on June 23, 2009 07:45 AM by jak58
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Running X servers






Intro


Running two X servers in parallel, such working under graphical mode under root (is strongly discouraged),ensure that you have previously closed its user session or that you run a desktop management software different from its current session (KDE - Gnome-XFCE), etc ...

How to proceed


Simply launch a new console using the following combination of keys: 

CTRL + ALT + F1


You will be prompted to enter a login and password. Log"yourself under your main identity with your password.

In prompt, run the GUI using the startx command, note that you must specify a new display: 
#startx -- :1 <Enter>


Note there is a space between the startx and 2 dashes --, and between the 2 dashes
 -
and 1, however there no space between : and the 1.

Switching console


You can now navigate from a display to another through these combinations of keys:

To go in the user session: 

CTRL + ALT + F7


To go in the root session : 

CTRL + ALT + F8
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